Quick hit: The body politic
A quick hit only because no one could say this any better than the incredible Dorothy Roberts (whose extraordinary book, Killing the Black Body, is currently inspiring my Master’s thesis). Abortion...
View ArticleQuick hit: Surprise, Paul Campos is right about something
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey is offering employees greater discounts for maintaining his definition of a “healthy” weight. Check it:The details: employees with a Body Mass Index of between 28 and 29.9...
View ArticleTalking
Angie the Anti-Theist is living my demand for more talking. Mom to a four-year-old after a life-threatening pregnancy, she found out she was pregnant again earlier this month and decided to have an...
View ArticleAssessing your values
Via The Abortioneers (though titled there “How Pro-Choice Are You?”, a construction I don’t really care for) is the following assessment of values related to the right to abortion. Even though it’s...
View ArticleBack up your birth control
Here’s a friendly reminder that it’s Back Up Your Birth Control Day! If you are 18 or older, Plan B (emergency contraception) should be available to you over the counter. It costs between $30-65...
View ArticleQuick hit: The Obesity-Hunger Paradox
From the New York Times (yes a few weeks ago, give a grad student a break): Full-service, reasonably priced supermarkets are rare in impoverished neighborhoods, and the ones that are there tend to...
View ArticleHappy news: Obama extends hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners
From the Washington Post: (warning – for some reason the Post gives any credence to the opinions of “opponents of same sex marriage” in the article) President Obama mandated Thursday that nearly all...
View ArticleNo Woman No Cry
Although maternal deaths worldwide have been on the decline for the last decade, more than 340,000 still occur each year. In the United States, we have our own shameful statistics: we rank 41st in the...
View ArticleWatch it.
The other night, when refusing a second helping at a dinner party, a guy said: “None for me, I’m watching my figure.” We all laughed. What a silly thought, a guy, who’s young and looks fit, dieting?...
View ArticleQuick Hit: “Public Fat Shaming is not Good Marketing”
I continue to resist the argument that shaming someone “for their own good” is ever an effective mode of changing behavior. Whether it be teen pregnancy (which is a whole other discussion), or fat...
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